World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
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Steve McQueen as Pvt. John Reese
Bobby Darin as Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
Fess Parker as Sgt. Bill Pike
Harry Guardino as Sgt. Jim Larkin
James Coburn as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
Mike Kellin as Pvt. Stan Kolinsky
Joseph Hoover as Capt. Roger Loomis
Bill Mullikin as Pvt. Joe Cumberly
L.Q. Jones as Supply Sgt. Frazer
Michele Montau as Monique Ouidel
Don Haggerty as Capt. Mace
Nick Adams as Homer Janeczek
Bob Newhart as Pvt. James E. Driscoll
Stephen Ferry as Sgt. Morgan
Simon Prescott as Thomas
Robert Phillips as Jeep driver
Richard Adams as Sergeant (uncredited)
Guy Way as Sergeant (uncredited)
Fred Cavens as Old Man (uncredited)
Louis J. Gasnier as Old Man (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks as Wounded Prisoner (uncredited)
Tipp McClure as German Prisoner (uncredited)
Fred Ross as Sergeant (uncredited)
Glenn Stensel as Medic (uncredited)
James Turley as Corporal (uncredited)
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